Facts & Figures

Palestine

Political leadership

President Mahmoud Abbas (2005-June 2014 West Bank since June 2014 West Bank and Gaza)

Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (June 2013-June 2014 West Bank; since June 2014 West Bank and Gaza)

Land

West Bank total 5,860 sq km; Note: includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967 Gaza Strip total 360 sq km